The parents of a 6-month-old girl found dead in a storage container in a crawl space in their Pennsylvania home are facing criminal homicide charges.Twenty-five-year-old Shaun Oxenreider and 27-year-old Samantha Trump were also charged in Berks County with concealing the death of a child, abuse of a corpse and conspiracy.Authorities say Harper Trump’s body was found March 20 in a trash bag in a plastic container filled with cat litter at the Springfield Township complex. An autopsy concluded Harper died around Jan. 1 from blunt-force head trauma.According to WFMZ, investigators believed the girl was abused prior to her death. A forensic pathologist found the baby had rib fractures that were in different phases of healing.The pathologist, Dr. Neil A. Hoffman, told the Reading Eagle that Harper's broken bones were suffered over a four-month period leading up to her death. These injuries “would have been caused by repeated episodes of squeezing and blunt impacts and are indicative of prolonged abuse,” Hoffman said. "When you see a young child's life taken away, unnaturally, in a situation where they were abused to the point where they were murdered, that's tough to swallow," said John Adams, Berks County District Attorney.The defendants remain in prison in lieu of $250,000 bail each. Messages left with their legal representatives after business hours Wednesday haven’t been returned. Oxenreider’s attorney earlier said his client wasn’t the primary caregiver.Adams believe there is much more to uncover in this case."We are always looking for information to indicate how something so tragic could happen," Adams said. "And how two parents could be responsible for the homicide of their young child."The investigation into Harper Trump's death began when Oxenreider's relatives contacted police. The family was concerned because they had heard about the girl's death and had been told various stories about what happened with the child's remains.

SINKING SPRING, Pa. —

The parents of a 6-month-old girl found dead in a storage container in a crawl space in their Pennsylvania home are facing criminal homicide charges.

Twenty-five-year-old Shaun Oxenreider and 27-year-old Samantha Trump were also charged in Berks County with concealing the death of a child, abuse of a corpse and conspiracy.

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Authorities say Harper Trump’s body was found March 20 in a trash bag in a plastic container filled with cat litter at the Springfield Township complex. An autopsy concluded Harper died around Jan. 1 from blunt-force head trauma.

According to WFMZ, investigators believed the girl was abused prior to her death. A forensic pathologist found the baby had rib fractures that were in different phases of healing.

The pathologist, Dr. Neil A. Hoffman, told the Reading Eagle that Harper's broken bones were suffered over a four-month period leading up to her death.

These injuries “would have been caused by repeated episodes of squeezing and blunt impacts and are indicative of prolonged abuse,” Hoffman said.

"When you see a young child's life taken away, unnaturally, in a situation where they were abused to the point where they were murdered, that's tough to swallow," said John Adams, Berks County District Attorney.

The defendants remain in prison in lieu of $250,000 bail each. Messages left with their legal representatives after business hours Wednesday haven’t been returned. Oxenreider’s attorney earlier said his client wasn’t the primary caregiver.

Adams believe there is much more to uncover in this case.

"We are always looking for information to indicate how something so tragic could happen," Adams said. "And how two parents could be responsible for the homicide of their young child."

The investigation into Harper Trump's death began when Oxenreider's relatives contacted police. The family was concerned because they had heard about the girl's death and had been told various stories about what happened with the child's remains.